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I I Patented Apr. 14,

N.PETER3. FHOTO LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D Q

WILLIAM LVWILLIAMS, 'OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 76,866,;Zatcd April 1 4, 1868.

IMPROVED FOOT-SORAPER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, TILLIAM L. WILLIAMs, of the city and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use, a certain new and useful'lmprovement in Foot-Scrapers; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a. plan of my scraper.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is an end view, and

Figure 4 is a section of one of the joints separately.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

The nature of my said invention consists in movable brushes kept to'the foot by springs, in sucha manner that the act of drawing the foot through the scraper shall cause said brushes to press on and remove the mud and dirt from the sides of the boot-or shoe. This invention may be considered an improvement upon Letters Patent granted to me, March 29, 1859, for a foot-scraper.

In the drawing, (4 is a metallic platform, upon which the person stands with ouc foot while scraping the other, so that said scraper does not require to be fastened. down, the weight of the person holding it steady. 1 is a cavity in said platform, receiving the o rdihary scraperb and brush-c, to act on the under side of the foot, and 2 2 are legs or cleats at the corners of the platform, to cause the same to stand firmly. 3 3 are centres, upon which arms dd are aiiixed, that carry brushcs'c c at their outer end. These brushes are upon tapering dovetail blocks, slidden into a corresponding recess formed at the end or each arm cl, so that said blocks and brushes can be removed, and others substituted when worn out. The brushes are kept towards each other by means of a. spring applied at the centres 3 3, as represented in fig. 4. The arms (Z d are extended, and carry the centres 4 4, receiving the armsff, that are jointed, at 5 5, to the plates 9 g, that are formed with recesses receiving the dove-tailed blocks of the'brushes' 7L 7:, (similar to the brush-blocks of c.)' The centres and joints 4 4 and 5 5, are provided with springs similar to those shown in fig. at, so that the brushes h'h are kept towards each other.

The brushes it h are themselves formed with longer bristles near the upper par't.thnn at the lower, soas to act on the upper part of the boot or shoe, near the side thereof, (see fig.

The operation will be apparent, for upon drawing the feet through the scraper, the sides of the boot or shoe. are thoroughly brushed, and the manner in which the brushes h h are jointed, causes them to set closely up against the side of the foot, and accommodate themsclvcs to the shape of the shoe. The red lines indicate the position of these brushes 7t h when. partially separated.

What I claim,.and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The brushes h, jointed to the swinging armsf, and acting in the manner and for the purposes specified.

2. The swinging brushes 71, in combination with the swinging arms f, scraper b, and brushes e, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. I

Dated, this seventh day of October, A. D. 186.7.

L. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. SMITH, GEO. D. WALKER. 

